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Re:Microsoft fined $731m by European Commission over web bro... by mda on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @08:09AM (#5330953)
€1 was just figure of speech. (Still, Governments pay for a ton of Microsoft products; Ms office, Windows, Exchange mailboxes, Sharepoint licenses, SQL server licenses etc. etc. How much money do you think Ms makes from EU governments in one year? in 5 years?)

High software prices indeed harm tax payers. There is no win-win.

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Re:Microsoft fined $731m by European Commission over web bro... by r00fus on Thursday March 07, 2013 @02:55AM (#5336657)
> High software prices indeed harm tax payers. There is no win-win.

High software prices generally hurt businesses more than individual taxpayers. The 1EUR fine would be a catastrophe for Microsoft's PR, however.

That kind of move would also push a non-trivial population to alternatives (however weak) like Google Docs.

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Re:Microsoft fined $731m by European Commission over web bro... by grapjas on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @08:45AM (#5331078)
>SQL server The rest I can understand but please tell me this isn't true
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